February 5, 2024

Ocean Data View Development History

Reiner Schlitzer, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, GERMANY (Reiner.Schlitzer@awi.de)

ODV Release 5.7.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Feb/05/2024:

• Changes of the map and data window layout is now possible via "View > Layout" or
the new "Layout" sub-menus in the canvas, map and data window context menus.
The separate Layout Mode is removed.
• Handling of overlay windows was revised to ensure proper geometry and axis range
synchronization between parent and overlay data windows.
• New option Alt-right-click on top of an overlay window now provides the context
menu of the underlying parent window.
• New Ctrl-right-click and Shft-right-click shortcuts for directly accessing the Layout and
Extras context sub-menus of the parent element.
• Shortcut key for loading views changed from "Shift+L" to "Ctrl+V".
• Colorbar placement is now based on the window's bounding box to avoid collisions
with axis annotations.
• New SPIKINESS derived variable.
• New default xgob file format for graphics objects files. The old gob format is still
supported for backwards compatibility.
• New default xsec file format for section files. The old sec format is still supported for
backwards compatibility.
• Acceptable salinity input value upper limit for calculation of derived variable values
increased to 90 psu.

BUG FIXES

• DIVA "Domain selection – Section" was not working properly.

ODV Release 5.6.7 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Oct/25/2023:

BUG FIXES

• Crash when creating interrupted map of the station map.

ODV Release 5.6.6 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Oct/23/2023:

• Sample filters of data windows now allow filtering by user-defined X/Y polygon.
Option "Sample Filter > Reject Outliers" now leaves any existing range or polygon
filer intact.

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 • Separate context menus now show up in the "Current Station" list window depending
on whether the right-click is on the meta variable labels (left) or values (right).
• New submenu "Assign Quality Flag" when right-clicking on a meta variable value,
allowing to set the quality flag for this meta variable for the current station, all
stations shown in the map or all stations in the collection.
• Option "Tools > Other Collection > Inherit View File(s)" now also handles isosurface
variables and their sample filter.
• Calculation of isosurface variable values now more than a factor of 2 faster due to
multithreading. TEOS-10 is now threadsafe.
• Revision of the set of palettes shipped with ODV. Addition of many popular
community palettes. Palette preview images are now shown in the palette selection
dialog elements.
• New gridded bathymetry data based on GEBCO 2023 are now available via “View >
Settings > Gridded Bathymetry > Resources” or “odv > Settings > Gridded Bathymetry
> Resources” on macOS.
• New map resources based on GEBCO 2023 are now available via “View > Settings >
Map > Resources” or “odv > Settings > Map > Resources” on macOS.
• Variable names in netCDF export files now are the same as the meta and data
variable names of the source collection, where possible.
• The tables produced by the "Collect Unique Values" and "Data Availabilty" options
can now be re-sorted by clicking on the header label of an arbitrary column. Clicking
again reverses the order.
• Export to SDN Transposed File now allows customization of longitude values ([0 -
360] versus [-180 - 180]) and time series data primary variable values (decimal
value versus ISO8601 date, such as 2017-04-25T13:09:45).

BUG FIXES

• Installation problems of support files for SDN Aggregation, SDN Harmonization and
SDN Transposition fixed.
• The SDN importer now correctly handles cases when parameter names only differ
by case, e.g. Ptot and PTOT.
• Rare crashes when calculating isosurface variable values for collections with very
large sample counts, e.g, GHCN-daily_v3.26.
• Crashes when defining non-map SURFACE data windows.

ODV Release 5.6.5 (Windows, macOS, Linux) May/04/2023:

• Option "Export > Data > SDN Aggregated ODV Collection" now works properly after
updating the P35 vocabulary reader.

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ODV Release 5.6.4 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Apr/25/2023:

• Derived variables now use the quality flag scheme of the input variables if all input
variables use the same scheme. Otherwise, the ODV quality flag scheme is used.
• Aggregated and Converted derived variables can now convert temperature between
degrees Celcius and Kelvin.
• SDN harmonized variables now contain the P01 code id as part of their name.
• CORA importer updated to accept spring 2023 version of CORA 5.2 files.
• ARGO quality flagging scheme: added flag 6 (value below detection). This is not
officially part of the Argo flagging scheme but used by CORA.
• SMHI quality flagging scheme changed on request of SMHI: ! > E; ? > S; | > R; C
removed.
• The data edit history log records now include the sample IDs for easier sample
identification.
• Support for collection info files in pdf format added. If file "info.pdf" exists it is
preferred over the text-only "info" file.
• Dialog layouts adapted for high-resolution screens.
• netCDF support revised and extended. setup (previously called emulation) separated
from views now allowing multiple views when working with netCDF files.
Implementation of auto-setup (no NetCDF Wizard) in batch mode environments.
Implementation of setup and view templates for netCDF files with identical structure
(family).
• New open_netcdf command file command.
• Command file command import_data now also works when no collection is open.
One or more target collections are created automatically.

BUG FIXES

• Carbon derived variables could not be loaded from saved views and had to be re-
established manually.
• Fixed occasional erroneous quality flags for "Special > Aggregated Variable" derived
variable (bug introduced in ODV 5.6.3).
• Fixed bug when importing BGC-Argo UV_INTENSITY_NITRATE variable.
• Loading of timeseries data from netCDF files did not work properly.

ODV Release 5.6.3 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Sep/13/2022:

• New bathymetry and tiled map layer resources for the International Bathymetric
Chart of the Southern Ocean, Version 2 (IBCSO_v2) added.
• The spreadsheet data exporter now automatically adds enclosing double quotes to
strings containing the column separation character.
• Processing time for duplicate station identification and processing is reduced by
orders of magnitude, due to a complete code re-write and implementation of several
optimizations. Application to large collections with millions of stations now only takes
one or two hours.

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 • New "Station Filter" submenu provides "Relax" and "Customize" options. The first
option automatically relaxes all station filter settings and accepts all stations. Option
2 provides full control over all filter settings, as in previous ODV versions.
• The data window context menu options "Extras > 1D Estimation" and "Extras > 2D
Estimation" now allow direction specification of regular grid nodes, in addition to the
loading the grid nodes from a prepared file.
• The CONVERTEDVAR and AGGREGATEDVAR derived variables now use the quality
flag schema of the input variables (if all input variables use the same scheme)
instead of the ODV flagging scheme used previously.
• NEW: Native arm64 ODV installation package for Apple Silicon (M1 and M2) is now
available.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bad quality flag schema assignment to WHP parameters during import of WHP
data and creation of WHP collections.
• Fixed bug when samples are inserted during merging of duplicate stations.
• Fixed bugs in setup of Symbolset graphics objects. Symbolsets of data windows now
honor the window's sample filter, if any.
• Fixed issue with "Automatic scale lengths" being erroneously switched on again after
switching off manually.

ODV Release 5.6.2 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Apr/04/2022:

• GeoTIFF support added for "Map Statistics > X/Y Distribution" plots, e.g., station
density maps. Tif files of such plots now have geo-reference information embedded,
which allows using these images as layers in GIS software.
• New "MEOP netCDF" importer for MEOP marine mammals data added. This importer
extracts additional meta variable values from the netCDF file's global attributes.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed crash when opening netcdf files (Windows only).

• Fixed rare issue with isosurface variables assignment on SURFACE data windows after
editing and deleting isosurface variables.

ODV Release 5.6.1 (Windows) Mar/09/2022:

BUG FIXES

• Fixed issue causing crash when terminating section definition on Windows.

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ODV Release 5.6.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Mar/04/2022:

• GeoTIFF support added. Tif images of the station map and map data plots (e.g.,
isosurface plots) now have geo-reference information embedded, which allows using
such images as layers in GIS software.
• When exporting images for station map or data windows, ODV now lets users specify
a drawing style (Normal or Pure) and choose between opaque or transparent
background (except jpeg).
• The "export_graphics" command file command now has more option. For instance,
users can specify a drawing_style (NORMAL or PURE), choose whether the
background is tranparent (not for jpg) or opaque, and prescribe output pixel width
and height of the image.ata Availability with submenu for four contexts replaces the
previous Availability Information option.
• Renamed the following menu items:
 "Export > Station Data" to "Export > Data"
 "Export > Station Meta Data" to "Export > Meta Data"
 "Export > Station History" to "Export > History"
• Option "Export > Window Data": when exporting estimated grid values now also
exports "poor man's estimation error", with large values indicating poor estimates.
• Extended the "Export > Data > SDN Harmonized ODV Collection" option to merge
multiple occurrences of the same P01/P06 combination into single parameters (no
unit conversion) even if these codes are not in the harmonization input file.
• The WHP Exchange data importer now detects and corrects more non-standard
parameter names and units. Also detects and corrects cases where units are shifted
by one column.
• The Sea-Bird cnv importer now detects bad sample index values in "* Cast" lines and
sets Up/Down cast property more reliably.

ODV Release 5.5.2 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Nov/19/2021:

 New flag B added to SEADATANET quality flag scheme. "The data value is a numerical
data value that was the intended or targeted value rather than the measured value (e.g.
instrument target depth)."

BUG FIXES

 Fixed bug in the ODV Spreadsheet and SeaDataNet importers causing date and time not
being imported.

ODV Release 5.5.1 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Sep/06/2021:

BUG FIXES

 Fixed bug in the ODV Spreadsheet and SeaDataNet importers causing date and time not
being imported.

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ODV Release 5.5.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Sep/02/2021:

• Rearrangement of options in the map and data window context menus.

• The Statistics option is moved up from the Extras submenu to the map and data window
context menus. For data windows the Statistics menu is split into "Summary" and "Curve
Fitting" submenu options.
• The values in the metadata list window are now colored according to the meta value
quality flags. Longitude and latitude values are now shown on separate lines.
• Station Filter can now filter by meta data quality.
• On the Station Filter Meta Data page you can now filter for stations not containing data
for a particular numeric meta variable (put '(empty)' in the lower bound field and leave
the upper bound field empty).
• New Matlab_parula palette.
• The Spreadsheet importer now honors the value-type setting of mandatory meta
variables from //<MetaVariable> lines in the import file.
• The SeaDataNet importer now determines the SDN data variant of each file. Station
subsampling is now only performed on standard data files with "Measuring area type"
value "curve".
• The WHP Bottle importer now keeps "CTDTMP [ITS-90]", "CTDTMP [IPTS-68]", and
"CTDTMP [DEG C]" as separate variables. Use the derived "Aggregated Variable" to
combine the three for usage.
• The Argo profile importer now reads and uses position quality flags and maintains a
proper order of data variables.
• The CORA importer now applies scale factors specified in the netCDF data files.
• Data imported with the Medatlas importer now use the SEADATANET quality flag
scheme instead of GTSPP.
• The WHP Bottle exporter output files now better conform with the format specifications.
• The derived "Aggregated Variable" can now also be used with string-valued data
variables.
• New URL for downloading the NERC P35 vocab implemented. This fixes recent problems
with option "Export > Station Data > SDN Aggregated ODV Collection".
• Option "Export > Station Data > SDN Harmonized ODV Collection" now also handles
string data variables.
• The outlier result file created by the "Tools > Find Outlier" options now contain ISO8601
dates for decimal time primary variables with name "time_ISO8601".
• Cdt file graphics objects now also work for tiled map resources.
• Isopycnic Gridding internal adjustments.

BUG FIXES

• String values are now correctly imported when importing from ODV collections.
• Fixed crash occuring with "File > New" option when using a .txt or .odv file template or
user specified variables.
• Fixed wrong automatic key variable associations when importing World Ocean Database
ASCII data files.

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ODV Release 5.4.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Mar/02/2021:

• New data window display styles "Colored Dots (X Quality)", "Colored Dots (Y Quality)",
and "Colored Dots (Z Quality)", which in SCATTER and SECTION plots will produce colored
dots reflecting the quality flag values of the X, Y, and Z variable, respectively
• New station filtering by history record date, user, action and description (on new History
page) as well as by sample count (new controls on Name / Range page).
• Data collections now have the new "Description" attribute.
• The CORA importer now accepts files with data type "Location" and with pressure data
instead of depth.
• The WHP Formats importers now provide descriptions for imported data variables.
• Export from SeaDataNet collections to ODV Sreadsheet now use 9 significant digits for all
numerical data values.
• ort from SeaDataNet collections to SDN Harmonized ODV Collection now uses the P01
altLabel as harmonized variable names instead of column labels found in the data files.
The lists of "Parameters" and "UnitConversions" in file
"sdn_harmonization_settings.xml" has been extended.
• Export from SeaDataNet collections to SDN Transposed Spreadsheet now contains three
additional columns "Sample identifier", "Subsample identifier", and "ODV internal
sample number". The list of not transposed variables is written to a log file and can be
viewd by clicking on "Details" on the final summary dialog.
• The "P01 Codes in Originator File" meta variable in SDN import data collections was
renamed to "Codes in Originator File" and now contains P06 units codes, in addition to
P01 parameter codes.
• The meta variable "P35 Contributor Codes" created during "Export > Station Data > SDN
Aggregated ODV Collection" now contains P06 units codes, in addition to P01 parameter
codes.
• When importing SDN data files or SDN data collections into a SDN data collection and
"Check for existing stations" on the "Import Options" dialog is checked, the algorithm for
finding existing matching stations now takes into account the data version. Existing
stations with a version lower or equal to the version of the import station are
overwritten.
• When importing SDN data files, exporting as SDN Aggregated ODV Collection, or
exporting as SDN Harmonized ODV Collection you can now obtain lists of data variables
with descriptions via "Collection > Browse Info File" in the resulting collections.
• The //<DataVariable> lines in ODV spreadsheet files can now contain the "key_variable"
field to specify the key variable for this variable.
• "Collection > Properties > Meta Variables" option now allows moving non-mandatory
meta variables up and down.
• Changed default quality flag of the WOCECTD scheme to "1" "not calibrated" from "2"
"acceptable measurement" previously.
• The Properties dialog for metadata variables now lets you modify the type of the
variable.
• New auto-function in ODV annotations "=software()" showing ODV software name and
version.

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• CDF emulator now supports nc files with more than 2 billion grid points.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problem with station data export to netCDF (would export longitude values as [0 to
360], even if [-180 to 180] was requested.
• Application window geometry issues on multi-screen systems fixed.
• Fixed problem with inheriting views from other collections containing derived variables
and/or Expressions.
• Fixed problem with not exporting all data to SDN Transposed Spreadsheet output.
• The Collection importer now correctly imports values of data variables named
"time_ISO8601".

ODV Release 5.3.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Jun/03/2020:

• The station filter now allows filtering for empty and not empty meta data strings using
the terms "(empty)" and "(!empty)".
• Option "Collect String Values" renamed to "Collect Unique Values". Now can be also used
for integer type variables. The results now also reveal the number of empty values.
Results are shown directly in table dialog; clipboard copy is still possible.
• ting "Map Properties > Display Style > Dot size" to -1 makes ODV determine dot sizes
automatically.
• "Export > Window Data" allows exporting of map and data window's X, Y, Z data to file.
Previous "X, Y, Z Window Data" option is removed.
• "NOAA NCEI Formats > GTSPP" importer now supports the MEDS-ASCII format, in
addition to netCDF. Platform, instrument and data type metadata are now imported.
• "SeaDataNet Formats" importer now extracts comments from the data file and provides
these comments via the new "Comments" meta variable.
• The "SeaDataNet Formats" importer now validates the "Bot. Depth" meta value: any
value smaller than the maximum sample depth is removed. If the "Water depth" meta
value exists and is larger than the maximum sample depth, this value is used for "Bot.
Depth". Any such modification is logged in the station history as EDITMETADATA
message.
• All "Export > Station Data" options now allow selection of the data variable subset
actually containing data by pressing the "Select Items with Data" button on the "Select
Data Variables for Export" dialog.
• nged quality flagging mappings between BODC and SMHI to SEADATANET (now v1.8; see
https://odv.awi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/odv/misc/ODV_QualityFlagSets.pdf).
• "Best-of" P35 aggregation algorithm now maintains the original quality flag value if all
contributing values have the same flag.
• Identification of the units part in ODV composite labels now requires the terminating ] or
) characters to appear at the very end.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problem with duplicate station action when writing very many meta variables to
output file. Tolerance for sample insertion adapted.

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ODV Release 5.2.1 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Jan/30/2020:

• DIVA application recompiled: now runs on macOS Catalina and is about 3 times faster
than before on all platforms.
• The actions triggered by left/right mouse clicks on the views bar "+" button have
been exchanged. A left click now allows choosing one of the template layouts for the
new views tab, while a right click now allows choosing one or more existing views for
loading into new view tabs.
• Derived variable quality flags in spreadsheet, collection and netCDF exports are now
in the flagging scheme of the primary variable, instead of the ODV flagging scheme
used previously.
• An infix-to-postfix expression converter is now provided on the macro and expression
derived variable dialogs. This lets you use macros and expressions, even if you are
not familiar with postfix or revere-polish notation. The "Tools > Infix-to-Postfix
Converter" option has been removed (Windows only).
• Meta Variable Value derived variable can now also be defined for string meta
variables. ODV will try to convert the string to a number.
• New "delete_stations_matching" command-file command allowing deletion of a
potentially large number of stations matching specific meta variables values.
• The SeaDataNet importer now uses case-insensitive matching between column labels
and the subject value of semantic header entries. For instance, semantic header
subject "Temp" will now match column label "TEMP [degC]".
• ODV now uses CDI-logic when matching imported data from a SeaDataNet source
collection into another SeaDataNet target collection, with the "Check for existing
stations" options checked.
• QARTOD quality flagging scheme and its mappings corrected according to
https://cdn.ioos.noaa.gov/media/2017/12/QARTOD-Data-Flags-
Manual_Final_version1.1.pdf.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bug in station matching algorithm that made finding already existing stations
unreliable during "Merge Data (selected variables)" and "Update Data (selected
variables)" imports. Option "Tools > Find Duplicate Stations" was not affected by this
bug.
• Fixed problems with "Full Range All Windows" option.
• Fixed problem with animations of data windows with gridded fields.
• Fixed problem with drawing bathymetry overlays with tiled map resources.
• Fixed problem when opening nc file without z or time dimension a second time.

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ODV Release 5.2.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Oct/28/2019:

• The World Ocean Database data importer (Import > NOAA NCEI Formats > World
Ocean Database) now supports the netCDF ragged array format in addition to the
legacy ASCII format. Many additional meta variables are extracted.
• New CORA importer for Coriolis Ocean database for ReAnalysis (CORA;
http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Products/Products/CORA).
• The SeaDataNet importer now checks for valid dates and rejects files with no or
invalid date. Also creates usage agreement files if a "readme.txt" file is found among
the import files.
• The Argo profile importer now also accepts s-profile (synthetic profile) files.
• Data import with station matching is now orders of magnitude faster than before due
to a new matching algorithm.
• NetCDF emulator now supports netCDF4 data types, such as NC_STRING, NC_INT64,
etc.
• WOCEBOTTLE quality flag value 5 (not reported) now maps to ODV flag value 8 (bad
quality).
• New canvas sub-menu "Sample Filter All Windows" allows easy setting or lifting
outlier filters for all data windows in one step.
• New SDN URLs implemented for resolving LOCAL_CDI_ID and EDMO_code metadata.
• New option "Tools > Find Outliers > Spike Check" for finding spikes in the data.
• Now using new SeaDataNet URLs.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problem when exporting to netCDF with "Export metadata quality flags"
switched on.
• Fixed scaling problem of packed variables in netCDF files.
• Fixed problem causing crashes when importing Medatlas files.
• Fixed problem with "Station ID" specification in "Station Filter".
• Fixed problem with dynamic height calculation in cases of incomplete T or S profiles.

ODV Release 5.1.7 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Mar/18/2019:

• Support for parallelized DIVA runs when loading or redrawing multi data window
views or creating interrupted maps is now implemented. Specifying, for instance, 4
threads leads to spead increases of factor 3 or more. See chapter 2.13 in the ODV
User's Guide for information on how to specify the maximal allowed number of
parallel threads. Default thread count is 1, resulting in sequential processing and
providing no speed increase.

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 • Adding meta or data variables to an existing collection via "Collection > Properties >
Meta/Data Variables > New" now can be achieved by selecting variables from
another collection. This greatly simplifies changes of the variable sets.
• NetCDF emulator now supports contiguous ragged array netCDF files.
• SeaDataNet netCDF importer now supports SDN netCDF trajectory data files.
• SDN Transposed Spreadsheet File exports now include the "Access restriction"
metadata.
• The initial selection of exported data variables in spreadsheet, collection or netCDF
exports is now the set of data variables that actually contain data in the set of
exported stations.
• You can now identify and delete empty data variables (e.g., data variables without
any data values in the entire collection) in a collection via "Collection > Properties >
Data Variables" by clicking the "Select Empty Variables" button and then clicking the
"Delete" button.
• Adding and removing the current station to/from the pick list is now done by
pressing the + (plus) and - (minus) keys. The "Enter"/"Del" keys are still supported for
backwards compatibility, but usage is deprecated and this functionality may be
removed in future releases.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problem with netCDF emulator when netCDF file contains dimensions and
variables with identical names.
• Fixed problem during SeaDataNet data imports whith SDN semantic headers
containing multi-space parts.
• "Collect String Values" option was disabled in cases when no data existed for the
primary variable. This is corrected.
• Fixed occasional crashes on macOS.

ODV Release 5.1.6 (SDC/EMODnet internal Windows release) Nov/25/2018:

• New "Export > Station Data > SDN Transposed Spreadsheet File" option (requires
special settings file for option to be visible and accessible).
• Option "Export > Station Data > SDN Harmonized ODV Collection" now supports
more P01 codes as well as parameter-specific unit conversions.

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ODV Release 5.1.5 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Nov/14/2018:

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problems with creating new data windows in window layout mode.

ODV Release 5.1.4 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Nov/12/2018:

• WOD importer now supports the new WOD18 files and rejects older data files from
previous WOD versions, such as WOD13. This is because units of many variables have
changed between WOD versions. Please download WOD18 data files from
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOD/datawodgeo.htm.
• New TEOS-10 compatible Spiciness tau0, tau1 and tau2 derived variables based on
McDougall and Krzysik, J. of Marine Research, 73, 141-152, 2015.
• Mappings of SEADATANET quality flags '5', '6' and 'Q' to ODV flags changed from '1'
to '0'.
• NetCDF exporter now sets the "standard_name" attribute of "longitude", "latitude"
and "date_time" meta variables to "longitude", "latitude", and "time", respectively.
Variables with long name "time_ISO8601" and "Chronological Julian Date" now also
have "standard_name" attribute "time". The primary variable in "Ocean" "Profiles"
collections also has the value "down" for attribute "positive".
• New "Ferret_rainbow" and "Ferret_blue_orange" color palettes.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problems with station filter when using constraints on string meta variables of
value type TEXT.

ODV Release 5.1.3 (SDC/EMODnet internal Windows release) Oct/19/2018:

ODV Release 5.1.2 (Windows) Oct/02/2018:

• View specifiers, such as $FullScreenMap$ or $TwoPickWin$ can now be used as "-

view" arguments when starting ODV from the command line. Note: In the Windows
PowerShell the ` (back tick) escape character must be used in view specifiers, such as
`$FullScreenMap`$.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed problems with installing bathymetry and map resources as well as checking for
software updates on Windows.
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ODV Release 5.1.1 (SDC/EMODnet internal Windows release) Sep/21/2018:

• Window layout mode now shows map and data window images for easier positioning
and resizing of windows.
• "Export>Station Data>SDN Harmonized ODV Collection" option: (1) harmonized
variables are highlighted by prepended '*' in the variable name; (2) parameters
without data are excluded; (3) the long P01 parameter description is included in the
variable's comment and shown in the variable's popup windows.

ODV Release 5.1.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Aug/07/2018:

• New flag Q in SEADATANET quality flag scheme.

• New '?' operator in ODV macros and expressions allows conditional calculations
based on availability of values for given input variables.
• New "Best-of" P35 aggregation algorithm using only those contributing values with
the best available quality. The previous "Use-all" algorithm using all available
contributing values is still available. Also new is the creation of per-sample info
strings containing the P01/P06 codes of contributing variables. The new "P35
Aggregation Properties" dialog allows algorithm selection and switching per-sample
info creation on or off. This dialog always appears at the beginning of a P35
aggregation. P35 aggregation now only downloads the P35 vocabulary if a newer
version is available on the NERC vocab server.
• NetCDF exporter now uses 'byte' instead of 'char' for quality flag data, and sets the
'standard_name' attribute to 'status_flag'. Also supports the 'ancillary_variables'
attribute. now also exports string data variables and info strings. now uses chunking
and compression for all variables. WARNING: ODV-created netCDF files now require
netCDF4 for reading.
• New "String ID" derived variable, which for any TEXT or INDEXED_TEXT meta or data
variable provides integer ID values for the different string values of the variable.
• New "Sample Filter" submenu provides options "Accept All Data", "Reject Outliers"
and "Customize Settings" (previously: "Sample Selection Criteria"). The first two
options are automatic and easy to use. Option 3 provides the full control over all
filter settings as in previous ODV versions.
• New "Export>Station Data>SDN Harmonized ODV Collection" option for unit
conversions and harmonization of SDN data collections.
• Outlier list files created by "Tools > Find Outliers (Range Check)" now also include
values of the primary variable.
• Changed ODV file download URL to https.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed inaccurate section distance calculations for very short sections.

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 • Fixed crash when importing WHP exchange files containing empty lines after the
END_DATA line.

ODV Release 5.0.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux) Mar/19/2018:

• New multi-view support via tabs and tool buttons.

• Sections can now have Time as along-section coordinate in addition to distance,
longitude and latitude.
• More efficient importers (SeaDataNet importer is now about 8 times faster).
• Many other enhancements

BUG FIXES

• Many fixes.

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